Raigarh Assembly constituency

{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Chhattisgarh State, India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Raigarh

| mla = O. P. Choudhary

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| latest_election_year = 2023

| state = Chhattisgarh

| district = Raigarh

| loksabha_cons = Raigarh

| established = 1961

| reservation = None

| electors = {{formatnum:257432}}{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/chhattisgarh-legislative-election-2023-statistical-report |title=State Election, 2023 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |website=Election Commission of India |date= |accessdate=25 January 2023 |url-access=limited}}{{update after|2029|1}}

| type= SLA

| constituency_no = 16

}}

Raigarh is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India.{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |website=Election Commission of India |date=26 November 2008 |accessdate= 12 February 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://ceochhattisgarh.nic.in/en/new-maps-assembly-constituency |title=New Maps of Assembly Constituency |website=ceochhattisgarh.nic.in| access-date=1 September 2021}} It is in Raigarh district. The seat used to be part of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly when Chhattisgarh was part of MP.

Members of Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"
Year

!Member

!colspan="2"|Party

colspan=4|Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
1962

|Niranjan Lal

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967

|R. K. L. Agarwal

|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}

1972

|rowspan=2|Ram Kumar Agrawal

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=7}}

1977
1980

|rowspan=5|Krishna Kumar

1985
1990
1993
1998
colspan=4|Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
2003

| Vijay Agrawal

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2008

| S. Nayak

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2013

| Roshan Lal

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

2018

| Prakash Naik

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

2023{{cite news |last1=mint |date=3 December 2023 |title=Chhattisgarh Election Result 2023: Full list of winners from BJP and Congress |language=en |url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-winners-list-bjp-congress-bhupesh-baghel-live-updates-11701451241747.html |accessdate=10 December 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210105307/https://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-winners-list-bjp-congress-bhupesh-baghel-live-updates-11701451241747.html |archivedate=10 December 2023}}{{cite news |last1=India Today |date=3 December 2023 |title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners |language=en |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-list-of-winners-2471258-2023-12-03 |accessdate=10 December 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210105315/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/chhattisgarh-assembly-election-result-2023-full-list-of-winners-2471258-2023-12-03 |archivedate=10 December 2023}}

| O. P. Choudhary

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

Election results

=2023=

{{Election box begin | title=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Raigarh{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/chhattisgarh/constituency-show/raigarh | title=Raigarh Constituency Election Results 2023: Raigarh Assembly Seat Details, MLA Candidates & Winner | website=The Times of India }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = O. P. Choudhary

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 1,29,134

|percentage = 63.21

|change = +34.76

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Prakash Shakrajeet Naik

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 64,691

|percentage = 31.66

|change = -4.40

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 758

|percentage = 0.37

|change = -0.79

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 64,443

|percentage = 31.55

|change = +23.94

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,04,308

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party | |loser = Indian National Congress|swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

=2018=

{{Election box begin | title=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Election, 2018: Raigarh{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9643-statistical-data-of-general-election-to-chhatisgarh-assembly/ |title=State Election, 2018 to the Legislative Assembly Of Chhattisgarh |website=Election Commission of India |date= 29 March 2019|accessdate= 1 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/chhattisgarh/assembly-constituencies/2018-election-results.html|website=elections.in|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Results in 2018|accessdate=2020-06-26}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Prakash Shakrajeet Naik

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 69,062

|percentage = 36.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Roshanlal Agarwal

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 54,482

|percentage = 28.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Vijay Agrawal

|party = Independent politician

|votes = 42,914

|percentage = 22.41

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Ravishankar Patel

|party = Independent politician

|votes = 7,823

|percentage = 4.08

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Janta Congress Chhattisgarh

|candidate = Vibhas Singh Thakur

|votes = 5,823

|percentage = 3.04

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Tribal Party

|candidate = Birsingh Nagesh

|votes = 2,114

|percentage = 1.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Mukund Gupta

|votes = 1,918

|percentage = 1.00

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 2,215

|percentage = 1.16

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 14,580

|percentage = 7.61

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,91,533

|percentage = 77.11

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing =}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References